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CALL FOR PAPERS Pennsylvania
Labor History Society Carnegie Library of Homestead Saturday October 4, 2003
“Free
Speech in Homestead Civil
Liberties Then and Now” Commemorating
The 1933 Meeting of Labor Secretary
Frances Perkins with Homestead Steelworkers
and the 1919 “Patrick Henry”
Declaration by Mother Jones,
“Free Speech” Corner (Ninth and
Amity Streets) Homestead, PA The
Pennsylvania Labor History Society, in conjunction with the Battle of Homestead Foundation,
the Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations at IUP, the United
Steelworkers of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Pennsylvania
AFLCIO, the Labor Education Institute, Coalition of Labor Union Women, the
HomesteadMifflin Township Historical Society, and others, is sponsoring a two
days of events on October
3-4, 2003, to mark landmark Free Speech actions in Homestead, PA, in 1919 and
1933. The conference will be held on Saturday Oct. 4 and invites papers on the
following topics: The
period of
focus
for
papers in morning session is the
period 1918—1940 preferably with reference to Pennsylvania 1. The political, economic and social aspects of free speech
between the World Wars 2. Industrial communities, labor organizing and restrictions
on civil rights 3. Radical organizations and the evolution of labor unions 4. Corporate control and the restriction of civil liberties 5.
Politics and unionism
in the Monongahela Valley 6. Divide to conquer: The manipulation of ethnic and racial
divisions Abstracts
must be submitted prior to May 1, 2003, to the selection committee and those
accepted must have two copies of their papers, double-spaced in either disc or
hard copy format, by August 1,2003. Abstracts must be limited to 250 words, with
the presenter’s name, address, e-mail, telephone and (if available) fax
numbers. Send proposal to: Russ
Gibbons, Conference Chair 207
Grandview Drive South, Pittsburgh, PA 15215 Fax
412-784-8801; E-mail: gibbons@cookpolar.org For
people interested in participating in the afternoon Panel Discussion: “Civil
Liberties Then and Now” Contact: Charles McCollester 724-357-4443 |
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